Former Greenwich resident sues police

A derelict van lies in the backyard of the home at 30 Hettefried Road.

A derelict van lies in the backyard of the home at 30 Hettefried Road.

Photo: / Robert Marchant / Hearst Media

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A derelict van lies in the backyard of the home at 30 Hettefried Road.

A derelict van lies in the backyard of the home at 30 Hettefried Road.

Photo: / Robert Marchant / Hearst Media

Former Greenwich resident sues police

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GREENWICH — A former Greenwich resident is suing the Greenwich Police Department for what he claims was harassing behavior and a nighttime entry at his residence in which guns were drawn.

Galiano Tiramani, 28, said he was startled one night in November while he was in bed trying to fall asleep in the home he was renting on Hettiefred Road, a home that was in foreclosure.

“I saw flashlights. Then they were running up the stairs with their guns drawn,” said Tiramani, who now lives in California.

That incident is now the basis of the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in New Haven.

The suit claims the police activity “constituted an unreasonable and warrantless search and seizure which violated the plaintiff’s rights under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”

Town Attorney Wayne Fox declined to discuss specifics of the case. “We are reviewing the case and the fact pattern. As best as we can tell, everything done by the officers involved was done correctly,” he said.